Acting Shakespeare Is Outrageous!: Playing the Bard for Beginners - Paperback

by Herb Parker (Author)

Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Driven by language, the themes and plots are out of the ordinary - the very definition of outrageous. With exercises, improvisations, and coaching points, Parker helps actors use the words Shakespeare wrote as a tool to perform him.

Author Biography

Herb Parker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Performance, Theatre and Dance, with East Tennessee State University. Directing credits at ETSU include Othello, Race, The Trojan Women, Six Characters in Search of an Author (KCACTF "Excellence in Directing" Meritorious Achievement Award), Caesar 2012 (his adaptation of Julius Caesar), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, As You Like It, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream (KCACTF "Excellence in Directing" Meritorious Achievement Award) and Little Shop of Horrors (also a KCACTF "Excellence in Directing" Meritorious Achievement Award recipient). Professor Parker is a long-time member of the Actors Equity Association. He is the author of A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition, published by Focal Press in 2016.